Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn has a challenger in his race for reelection next March; Monday we brought you an interview with Becky Rubright, a veteran of the Occupy Tampa movement. She criticized Buckhorn and the response of the Tampa Police Department during occupy beginning three years ago. WMNF interviewed Mayor Buckhorn for his response to having a challenger in the March 2015 election.

The City of Tampa released 2012 Republican National Convention expenditure information Friday. The City spent more than $49 million dollars on the convention, but most of it was reimbursed by a federal grant. Tampa was left on the hook for nearly $677,000 for things like salary and benefits for some city staff, equipment and loss of parking revenue.

U.S. taxpayers footed most of the city's bill, to the tune of more than $48 million. Consultants and contracts made up nearly $26 million of t...

The organizers of last yearâs Republican National Convention announced yesterday that the RNC directly pumped 212 million dollars into the Tampa Bay economy. The figure comes from an impact study by the University of Tampa business school and the results were unveiled at Jacksonâs Bistro in Harbour Island.

The 212 million dollars includes money spent by Republican convention organizers, the City of Tampa and corporations. Ken Jones, CEO and president of the Tampa Bay host committee, sa...

Here is the text of the Republican response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, as prepared for delivery by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and provided to the Associated Press by the press office of the speaker of the House.

Good evening. I'm Marco Rubio. I'm blessed to represent Florida in the United States Senate. Let me begin by congratulating President Obama on the start of his second term. Tonight, I have the honor of responding to his State of the Union address ...

Tampa City Council members approved changes today to an ordinance making it a crime for Tampa Police officers to use surveillance cameras to look into private residences. The move is a response to concern that cameras purchased for the Republican National Convention last summer could be used inappropriately by law enforcement.

The change expands a current Tampa city ordinance against peeping Toms to include officers using the surveillance equipment who could have the ability to use camera...

Thursday Tampa City Council approved changes to an ordinance reinforcing that it would be a crime for Tampa Police to use surveillance cameras purchased for the Republican convention for unauthorized peeping on residents inside their homes. But they put off a decision about whether the cameras will be a permanent part of the cityâs landscape. Thereâs been ongoing friction between council and the mayorâs administration about who has the authority to authorize deployment of the cameras. T...

In May an Occupy Tampa member was arrested for writing in chalk on the sidewalk outside the Bank of America building in downtown. Nathan Schwartz had a pretrial hearing at the Hillsborough County Courthouse Monday afternoon.

Schwartz is challenging his arrest because he thinks chalking is just exercising First Amendment rights.

âThere was the clean zone ordinance that was getting passed, the event zone ordinance that got passed by city counci...

Augustâs Republican National Convention in Tampa was criticized by activists for its overwhelming police presence and militarized feel. But organizers say the convention was a triumph for the Tampa Bay area.

Itâs been more than two months since droves of excited Republicans left Tampa thinking they had nominated the perfect guy to hoist President Barack Obama out of the White House. Even though Mitt Romney didnât win the election, Al Austin, chair of th...